Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-18


a third time II thou breakfast this. my law,
that moment thou diest. Coz .A-J
But Ustane did not move.
@Go, womanl"
Then she looked up, and I saw that her
face was torn with passion.
"Nay, oh, She, l will not CO." she answered,
in choked voice. "The man Is my husband
and love him; love him, and viii not
leave him. What right hast thou to mako
me leave my husbaDdl9
l saw little CULVER pass down Ayeshas
frame, and shuddered myself, fearing the
worst
"Bo pitiful,"I said, in Greek; SIT is but
nature working
VI am pitiful," she answered, coldly; 'had
not been pitiful she had been dead oven
now.n Then addressing Ustane; Woman,
Isay to thee go, before destroy thee where
thou artln
~ will not go. he is mine-mineln she
cried, in anguish. 81 took him, and saved
his life Destroy me, then, IL thou hast the
power. win not give thee my husband
nover-nevern
Ayesha made movement so swift that |
could scarcely follow IL, but it seemed to me
that she lightly struck the poor girl upon the
hair with her hand. / looked at distances
head, and then staggered hack IN horror; for
there upon her hair, right across her bronco
like trcsses, were three finger marks as white
as snow. As for the girl herself, she had put
her hands to her head and was looking dazed.
"Great heavensln | said perfectly aehast
at this dreadful manifestation of inhuman
power; but She did but laugh little
" Thou thinkest, poor ignorant fool,n sho
said to the bewildered woman, THAT | have
not power to slay Stay; there lies mirroY;;"
and she pointed to Leo's round shaving glass
that had been arranged by Job with other
things upon his portmanteau. "Give 1t TO
this woman, my Holly, and let her see that
which lies across her hair, and whether or no
have power to STAY"
Ipicked up the glass and held 1t before
distances eyes. She gazed, then felt ct her
hair, then gazed again, and then sunk upon
the ground with a sort of sob.
snow wilt thou 60, or must | strike 0
second timel" asked Ayesha, IN mockery
"See; have set my seal upon thee, SO that
may know thee till thy hair is all as white ~
it, If see thy face here again, sbe sure, too,
that thy bones shall SO IN be whittier than my
mark upon thy hair
| Utterly awed and broken down, the poor
creature rose, and marked with that awful
mark, crept from the room. sobbing bitterly.
That night passed in Leo's room, but he
slept through it like the dead, never once
| stirring.
Islept soundly till morning, when I awoke
much refreshed, and got up At last the
hour drew near at which, according to
Ayesha, Leo was to awake, and with 1t came
She herself, as usual, yelled.
"Thou shalt see, Holly shesaid presently
shall no awake in his right mind, tho fever
having left him"
Hardly were the words out of her mouth
when Leo turned round and stretched out his
arms, yawned opened bis eyes, and perceiv-
ing female form bending over him, threw
his arms round her and kissed her, installing
her, perhaps, for Ustane; because, next min
ute, he said, in Arabic, "Halloo, Ustane, why
have you tied your head up like that9 Have
you got the toothachef' and then, in English,
81 say, I'm awfully hungry. Why, Job, you
old son of gun. where the deuce have we got
to now-eh!"
II am sure wish / knew, Mr.. Lao.n said
Job, edging suspiciously past Ayesha, whom
he still regarded with the utmost disgust and
horror, being by no means sure that she was
not an animated corpse; "but you mustn't
talk, Mr.. Leo; you've been very III, and
given us great deal of hanxiety; and il this
lady" looking at Ayesha, "would be SO kind
as to move, I'll bring you your SOUP
This turned Leo's attention to the Gladly, =
who was standing by in perfect silence
"Halloop he said; shat is not Ustane-where
Is UstaneT
Then, for the first time, Ayesha spoke tc
him. and her first words were lie. "Shehas
gone from hence upon visit" she said; aand
behold, am hero as thine handmaiden.n
Ayesha's silvery notes seemed to puzzle BIZ,
half awakened intellect, as did also her corps
like wrappings However he said nothing
at the time, but drank Off his soup greedily
enough, and then turned over and slept agar
till tho evening. When he woke for The
second time he saw me, and began to question
mo as TO what had happened, but had to pu
: him off as best could till the morrow, wher
ha awoko almost miraculously better Their
told him something of my illness and OF mn
! 3oings, but as Ayesha was present could mo-
Tell him much, EXCEPT that she was the queer
J Of the country, and well disposed toward rs
and that It was her pleasure to be yelled; for
though OF course l spoke in English, wa
afraid that she might understand what w
were saying from the expression Of our faces
, and, besides, remembered her warning.
: On the following day Leo got up, almos
J entirely recovered. The flesh wound In hi
J side was healed, and his constitution, natur
ally vigorous one, had shaken off tho ex
haustion consequent on his terrible foyer witt
o rapidity that can only attribute to til
effects Of tho wonderful drug which Ayesh,
had given to him, and also to the fact that Lii
) illness had been too short to reduce him yer,
. much. With his Returning health came bacI
full recollection OF all his adventures up to tb
, time when he had lost consciousness In th
, marsh, and Of course of Ustane also, to whom
/ discovered he had grown considerably at
] tached. Indeed, lie overwhelmed me witt
. question: about the poor girl, which I did no
dare to answer, for after Lco's first wakenin
She had sent for me- and again warned m
Z solemnly that was to reveal nothing Of th
r story to him, delicately limiting that II dil
1t would DO the worse for me. She also, 70
] the second time, cautioned me not to tell Lee
anything more than was obliged about her
self, saying that she would tell him in her owl
time.
D Indeed, her whole manner changed. Afte
D all that Ihad seen l had expected that SD